Like we did for the last couple of years, we were so excited to visit Adirondacks to see the fall colors during the Oct 2nd weekend – the weekend when normally the Octoberfest happens in the Whiteface mountain. Couple days before the weekend, the northeast got hammered with rain and wind. I had just spent almost…
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Rhode Island – Block Is and Newport
Suddenly we decided before the long weekend to go away for the weekend… Well, we looked at where we can drive within 3-4 hrs and Rhode Island/ Block Island clicked correctly.. One of my colleagues had shown pictures of Block Is and he is from Block Is. We wanted to go to this place for…
Enroute to Acadia National Park and there..
October 9, 2009 Though we had been crazy about visiting Acadia National Park, I got to be honest! We enjoyed the ride upto ANP, through VT, NH and ME more than the ANP itself! Probably because of the time of the year we chose for the trip.. Autumn. The foliage in NE is certainly much…
Colorful Adirondacks!
This past weekend would have turned out to be a total bummer if not for the day trip into Adirondacks… It was supposed to be a muggy and rainy weekend, clearing up later on Sunday. So, our expectations to take the trip to Adirondacks for fall colors fizzled out on saturday… Later in the day,…
VT Garlic and Herb Festival
Sept 6th, 2009 After the trip to NYC on saturday, we woke up relaxed and late in the morning of Sep 6th… Had some delicious left-overs and headed out to the Garlic Festival in Bennington, VT. $5 entrance fee gets you in and you can taste and feed on everything that you can put garlic…
Mighty Yellowstone!
Aug 7-9, 2009 This was a vacation that we have been wanting to go for a long while and it worked out so fast this time that we didn’t prepare anything except to pick up some maps from AAA (that was a big mistake, coming to know after the trip)!! We set out to visit…
Finger Lakes, NY
When we moved to the NY Capital region almost a year ago, we had our reservations about things to do in this region. We, mostly, like to do nature trails, casual photography and mild relaxing hikes. We were pleasantly surprised at the amount of stuff you can do within driving distance from Albany area, which…
Chronicles of a Wanderer 